Elements of Civil Government eBook

Clause 2. He shall have power, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties,
provided two-thirds of the senators present concur;
and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate shall appoint ambassadors, other
public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme
Court, and all other officers of the United States,
whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided
for, and which shall be established by law; but the
Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior
officers as they think proper in the President alone,
in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.

Clause 3. The President shall have power to fill
up all vacancies that may happen during the recess
of the Senate, by granting commissions, which shall
expire at the end of their next session.

SECTION III. Duties of the President.

He shall, from time to time, give to the Congress
information of the state of the Union, and recommend
to their consideration such measures as he shall judge
necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary
occasions, convene both houses, or either of them;
and in case of disagreement between them, with respect
to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to
such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive
ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take
care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall
commission all the officers of the United States.

SECTION IV. Impeachment of the President.

The President, Vice-president, and all civil officers
of the United States, shall be removed from office
on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery,
or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

ARTICLE III. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.

SECTION I. United States Courts.

The judicial power of the United States shall be vested
in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts
as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts,
shall hold their offices during good behavior; and
shall, at stated times, receive for their services
a compensation, which shall not be diminished during
their continuance in office.

SECTION II. Jurisdiction of the United States
Courts.

Clause 1. The judicial power shall extend to
all cases in law and equity arising under this Constitution,
the laws of the United States, and treaties made,
or which shall be made, under their authority; to all
cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers,
and consuls; to all cases of admiralty and maritime
jurisdiction; to controversies to which the United
States shall be a party; to controversies between two
or more states; between a state and citizens of another
state; between citizens of different states; between
citizens of the same state claiming lands under grants
of different states; and between a state, or the citizens
thereof, and foreign states, citizens, or subjects.[3]